During the course of writing my book I came across a picture of the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. Something about his face intrigued me, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Then I remembered. A few days earlier I had been looking at pictures of the face of the man on the shroud of Turin and had noticed the same distinctive curvatures on either side of the mustache. Curious, I brought up the image on my computer and sure enough, the similarities were striking. Both Osama and the face on the shroud had the same nose and cheek structures, as well as identical mustaches and beards. Their foreheads were the same height and their eye brows were arched in perfect unison. The more I studied the pictures, the more curious I became. I decided to take bin Laden's image, scale it to size, and superimpose it over the face of the man on the shroud. As I toggled down the opacity of bin Laden's face to reveal the image on the shroud beneath it, I saw something quite amazing—the features of both registered flawlessly. Recently I heard about a computer aided identification system that matches the mug shots of criminals with the images captured by video cameras surveying crowds in the world's largest cities. In Great Britain, operators of thousands of closed-circuit TV cameras explore the streets for possible suspects and known criminals. Millions of photo images are scanned and compared with records on a central database. This automatic face recognition system measures landmarks on the face, eyes, mouth, etc., by analyzing the difference between light and shade. The selected points on the faces are superimposed over thousands of mug shots in the blink of an eye, and the differences are evaluated. Experts believe that this method is not only accurate, but nearly foolproof. Morphological comparison, as it is known, is now one of the most productive ways governments find criminals. The Shroud of Turin is essentially a burial cloth-a centuries old linen material about fourteen feet long and three and a half feet wide that bears the image of a crucified man. For centuries Christians have believed that the image on the shroud belongs to Jesus of Nazareth. How is it possible that bin Laden's face and that of the man on the shroud match so precisely? Islamic writings predict two charismatic figures will rise up in the last days of history: one is the so-called Al Mahdi and the other, the Prophet Jesus. Isa, as the Arabs call him, will return to earth at a time ordained by Allah and, together with Mahdi, will slay the Anti-Christ and wage war against unbelievers. Bin Laden calls President Bush Dabbah, the beast that he must slay. Has Islam's appointed time finally arrived? The nation of Afghanistan plays prominently in the end time scenario of Muslim prophecy. It was once called Khurasan and it is widely taught that Muhammad warned: "If you see the black flags coming from Khurasan, join that army, even if you have to crawl over ice, for that is the army of the Imam al-Mahdi and no one can stop that army until it reaches Jerusalem." Today, Al-Qaeda in Iraq claims to have mobilized thousands of fighters who have answered the ancient call of Muhammad. They have donned the black headbands and carry the black flags which broadcast to the world that they are on a relentless march toward Jerusalem. Is this the army that will pave the way for Mahdi's kingdom to rule the world through Islam? Is it possible that Osama bin Laden is the antichrist? From the writer of the book, "Read It and Run", by Lester Wright, Xulon Press. Available at amazon.com and lesterwright.com
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WONDOCTORJ 2 years ago 9
you should talk
lesteright 2 years ago
the real unbelivers are the the people who belive that jesus was god the real christ are who belive in one good and that jesus is his messenger!
cityhunterman 2 years ago
don't you find it a bit strange that Mohamed comes along 700 years after Christ and claims that Jesus was confused about his own message which had nothing to do with Islam or Mohamed???? Believe what you want... who's stopping you?
lesteright 2 years ago
whoever the antichrist is. Im assuring you that there's nothing to worry about if the Holy spirit of our LORD Jesus Christ is at our side. so i say let them come and they will experience defeat again from our LORD Jesus. the king of the kings and LORD of the Lords.
archgabriel27 2 years ago
what?.... me worry...who says? Defeat again? Once defeated always defeated. If its up to me then I say don't let "them" come. Of course it's not up to us. Who are the kings he is King over? ...and the lords?
lesteright 2 years ago